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What sets Little Rock's economy apart

The industry that stands out most in the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro, measured against the national mix, is insurance. Its 639 establishments are 1.6 times the share you would expect from the country as a whole. Next come stone, glass and cement products (51 establishments, 1.4 times) and utilities (65 establishments, 1.4 times). No other metro on these pages has a higher concentration of insurance, out of 61 with published figures.

Agency acquisitions and carrier transactions turn on book-of-business data, carrier contracts and regulatory filings.

Quarry and building-materials deals look at mineral rights, permits and plant records. In stone, glass and cement products, Little Rock places 2nd of 61 metros here; Birmingham, AL leads.

How Little Rock compares

The Census Bureau estimated the Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR metro's population at 769,258 in July 2024, up 21,217 or 2.8 percent on the April 2020 base of 748,041.

Measured against the 2023 estimate of 764,683, the same year as the business count, Little Rock has 66.7 offices of lawyers per 100,000 residents, 12th of the 59 metro areas on these pages against a median of 52.6; the nearest rates are Albuquerque, NM at 67.6 and San Francisco, CA at 64.7.

The metro with the closest number of law offices is Greenville, SC, with 439; the metro closest in population, Des Moines, IA at 753,913 residents, has 364 law offices and 305 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll establishments.

Counted by accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms instead, Little Rock's nearest match is Omaha, NE, with 350.

• Residents, July 2024: 769,258
• Residents, April 2020 base: 748,041
• Change since 2020: +21,217 (2.8 percent), 29th of 59
• Law offices per 100,000 residents: 66.7, 12th of 59
• Accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll per 100,000 residents: 46.6, 21st of 59
• Securities and investment per 100,000 residents: 34.7, 39th of 59
• Managing offices per 100,000 residents: 13.6, 37th of 59
• Real estate agents and brokers per 100,000 residents: 43.2, 38th of 59
• Employees in offices of lawyers: about 2,400
• Employees in accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll: about 2,300

The courts and regulators behind Little Rock paperwork

When a Little Rock dispute reaches federal court, it goes to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.

CPAs practicing in Arkansas are licensed by the Arkansas State Board of Public Accountancy.

At state level, securities offerings and investment advisers in Arkansas answer to the Arkansas Securities Department, so a Little Rock fund raising money or an adviser facing an exam has documents to produce on request.

If personal information in a Little Rock deal, audit or case file is exposed, Arkansas's data breach notification law sets who has to be told and when.